Shark ’28 Earns Spot in Lyric Stage Playwriting Festival
Congratulations to Shark ‘28, whose original 10-minute play Everything, Everywhere has been selected for the Lyric Stage Company of Boston 2026 First Page Playwriting Festival. Shark wrote the play during his Mod 4 “Playwriting” class at CSW and is one of just nine high school playwrights chosen for this year’s festival.
Everything, Everywhere will be featured during the festival’s high school playwrights evening on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m. The event will include staged readings performed by professional actors and directors from across the Boston area.
Please see this information below if you are interested in attending the live reading:
Plays by High School Playwrights:
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RSVP for FREE tickets here.
Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Deliverance At the Last Supper by Nia Cao (Dana Hall School)
The Waiting Room by Aubrey DeMayo (Winthrop High School)
Talos by Andrew Keenan (Walnut Hill School for the Arts)
Ryan's Laundry Room by Ruby Lammers (Walnut Hill School for the Arts)
Lifecycle of a Lightbulb by Marianna McCallum (Walnut Hill School for the Arts)
Hell of a Deal by James Stangle (Winthrop High School)
Models by Solvi Updyke (Walnut Hill School for the Arts)
Screens by Brayden Verone (Saugus High School)
Everything, Everywhere by Shark Xie (Cambridge School of Weston)
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.